![]() | Converting a PDF File
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Jmakepdfx is a Java GUI front-end application that uses GhostScript to convert PDF files to PDF/X compliant. This application comes with NO WARRANTY. In order to use this application you need to have both Java and GhostScript installed. This uses GhostScript's /prepress setting, which is analogous to Acrobat Distiller's "Prepress Optimized". This will likely create a larger PDF than your original.
To run the application, Windows users can select "Jmakepdfx" from the Start menu. Bash users can run the application from the command line using the bash script jmakepdfx in the application's bin subdirectory. Alternatively, you can run Java on the jmakepdfx.jar file. For example:
java -jar jmakepdfx.jar
Windows users have an additional script jmakepdfxc.bat, which is designed to be run from the command prompt. Use -debug switch to print to stdout the GhostScript commands being executed. For example (full path names may be required):
jmakepdfxc -debug
jmakepdfx -debug
java -jar jmakepdfx.jar -debug